Americans Hold Marne Bridge Against German Breakthrough
With machine guns in Chateau-Thierry windows, American forces on the Marne repelled repeated German attempts to cross. Units from Pittsburgh area veterans, under heavy fire, prevented pontoon crossings and blew the bridge to halt the advance as Lieut. John Bissell earned the French war cross for leading a relief of 300 French and U.S. troops.
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Marne
Chateau-Thiermericans
Chateaurry
Chateau-Thierry
Pittsburgh
Bissell
United Press
Chateau Thierry
Jaulonne
Allies Drive Germans Back From Oise Front
Paris dispatch reports French gains on the Marne front with 150 German prisoners taken. Western and eastern wings saw sharp artillery, 100 prisoners captured east of Sempigny, 50 near Hautebrave. Americans hold the south bank of the Marne seven miles, praised for marksmanship.
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Paris
U. P
Marne
Sempigny
Noyon
Oise
Aisne
Hautebrave
Fontenoy
Longpont
Soissons
Neuilly-La-Poterie
Rheims
Manufacturers Hit by War Orders Saturation in Canton Area
Washington dispatch reports the War Industries Board plans to suspend new government orders for Canton plants as work finishes. Sillon, Alliance, and other eastern plants face order shifts affecting Buffalo, Camden, and Philadelphia. The scramble aims to speed production, divert work to western states, and ease overall industrial pressure.
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Canton
Federa Industries Board
Washington
Sillon
Alliance
Buffalo
Camden
N. J
Elphia
Atlantic Seaboard
Stow
Temporari
Fatlon Dana to Stark school June 7
On page two column two a fragment notes Fatlon Dana to Stark school with a June 7 date referenced. The terse item appears as an Adv notice fragment without full context.
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Dana
Stark School
Ugh
Adv
Air battles grow more desperate as the war expands
U P correspondent William Philip Simms writes from the front in France on June 6 that aerial combat has intensified since May 14 as Allied and German air forces clash high above the battlefields. He notes heavy German losses, large bomb tonnages dropped behind lines, and bombings of Zeebrugge Mole and German targets, with hospitals behind Allied lines suffering severe casualties.
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William Phillip Simms
United Press Statt
France
Zebrugge
Bruges
Germany
Mannheim
Lan
Zeebrugge
Denial of Canton Draft Reversals at Camp Gordon
Reports say 150 Canton men were not sent back from Camp Gordon after the draft. Canton boards noted a quota of 542 sent to Camp Gordon with only 12 returned for minor disabilities. Seven were underweight and two had flat feet. One underweight youth gained four pounds in four days and claimed another day could have pushed him past the required weight.
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Camp Gordon
Canton
New Millinery Dept Opens at Klein and Heffelman
A cordial invitation to Canton and nearby residents to visit Klein & Heffelman's newly opened millinery department. The shop will be ready Saturday and open from 8:30 in the morning to 4 in the afternoon with Adyvy.
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Canton
Klein & Heffelman’s
Adyvy
Arthur's Leather Shop Trunk Sale in Canton
Arthur offers the largest Canton stock with over 200 trunks for sale at $6 to $10 and up. Located at .204 Market av N Adv.
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Arthur
Canton
Arthur's
Russians hold Kars as front shifts after May battle
Russian reserves concentrate for defense of Kars after a May 24 capture by German and Turkish forces and retreat along the Ardagan road. Soviet forces retake towns in Ukraine while repelling counter-attacks. Friday night June 7 offers the Stark School Sammies entertainment.
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Moscow
U. P
Kars
Ardagan Road
Secral
Navy searches for secret German U boat base on coast
Washington reports the navy department is hunting for a possible German base on the coast after the sinking of the Norwegian steamer Fidsvold near the Virginia Capes. Officials say patrolling boats and available resources may not fully deter submarines, which may still have torpedoes.
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Washington
U. P
Navy Department
Fidsvold
Virginia Capes
Navy
Coast Patrol
Passengers Stay Above All Night In Danger Zone
An American steamship arrives at Atlantic Port from Havana after a perilous voyage through the danger zone off Sandy Hook and the Virginia Capes. The captain reports spotting a reddish yellow flash southeast of Sandy Hook about 75 miles and five rapid lights replying from south of the flash.
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Atlantic
U. P
Havana
Sandy Hook
Virginia Capes
Council To Picnic At Sandyville
Sandyville will host the annual Canton councilmen picnic on Sunday June 16. Invitations go out later in the week. Horseshoe and baseball games are planned and a noon picnic dinner will be prepared by councilmen for about 50 guests.
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Sandyville
Canton
Used Upright Piano Sale Ad from Kenny's Piano Dept
An advertisement offers a used upright piano priced with $5.00 down and $5.00 monthly payments from Kenny's Piano Dept. located in Ady. The brief note highlights affordable financing and a local piano dealer option.
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Kenny
Ady
Club Drops Wittenberg Name to Become Ready Club
Members of the Wittenberg Study Club at Martin Luther church voted to rename the group the Ready Club at Mrs EK Becks home. They chose a German sounding name as unsuitable for an American club and plan to study useful arts and domestic science at upcoming meetings including July 10.
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Wittenberg Study Club
Martin Luther Church
kKver
L. F. Baer
Gibbsay NE
Army Sign Here for Army falls short of estimate
Stark county draft boards completed military registration on Wednesday with more than 1500 potential soldiers. Canton led with 931 registrants and Alliance followed with 368. Massillon area accounted for 348 in the western part of the county.
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Stark Co
Canton
Alliance
Massillon
Canton Youths Respond to Army Camp Call
As Canton youths register a fresh call goes out for 2 000 more draft men to report to camp in the latter part of the month expanding the total draft for the month to 400 000. Cantons quota is not yet announced but several hundred men will depart for training camps this month.
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Canton
Cantons 21-Year-Old Registrations Near Draft Quota
Massillon and Canton combined registered 931 men aged 21 since June 5 1917, short of the 1000 estimate. North board reported 414 registrants and the south board 517 as the tally for Wednesday, with Cantons total falling 69 short of the predicted quota.
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Massillon
Canton
North Draft Board
South Draft Board
North Board
Daniels addresses Naval Academy grads on German raids
Secretary Daniels told Annapolis graduates that Germany has intensified the war to the doors of the United States but cannot crush American resolve. He cited naval casualties to date 38 officers 629 men and noted 55 interned and seven captured as Ensigns prepare to serve aboard fighting ships.
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Annapolis
U. P
Germany
America
Daniels
Naval Academy
WILL ORGANIZE NEW ENGINEERS
Five new regiments and nineteen battalions of railway engineers to augment those in France are being completed under director of military railways 8 M Felton. When organized 50 000 American railway men will be on construction and operation work in France. One hundred sixty millions have been spent for supplies and equipment including 1 272 engines 22 630 freight cars 359 000 tons of steel rails. The nine original regiments selected from chief railway cities have been in France since August. The Chicago regiment renamed The Lucky Thirteenth landed in England on August 13 and received its first engine No 13.
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Washington
T. P
France
8. M. Felton
Chicago
England
Millinery Values Supreme at Klein and Heffelman's New Dept
Opening sales begin Saturday morning at 8 thirty. Ady notes the event and invites readers to see tomorrow's paper for details.
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Klein & Heffelman’s
New 88 Note Player Piano at Keally's Piano Dept Ady
Keally's Piano Department in Ady offers a new 88 note player piano priced at 395 dollars. The feature highlights a compact player system for automatic playing and auditioning piano models.
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Keally
Ady
Merchants Plan Summer Store Hours and War Aids
Canton retail merchants will close at 5 p.m. in July and August with Saturdays exempt. Grocers and butchers are excluded. J. Edmund Sell leads the Retail Merchants Association in pledging support for War Savings Stamps and Thrift campaigns and to aid the county committee. They will close one fall harvest day and forgo the annual picnic due to war, and plan monthly meetings.
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Canton
Retail Merchants’ Association
Chamber of Commerce
J. Edmund Sell
Turks Slay 10 000 Armenians In Two Weeks Asserted
London dispatch reports Armenians up to 42 years mobilized as Turks allegedly massacred ten thousand in a two week period. The same report claims German and Ukrainian troops occupy territory north of Khrakoff and move to seize Kursk Woronege and Rostoff.
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London
U. P
Moscow
Khrakoff
Kursk
Woronege
Rostoff
Prison term for concealed weapon carrier Percy Stevens
Percy Stevens a colored man was sentenced to one to three years in the Ohio Penitentiary on the Thursday morning session of Judge Day for carrying concealed weapons.
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Percy Stevens
Ohio Penitentiary
Day
Klein and Hef felmans millinery opening Saturday show
Opening Saturday at Klein and Hef felmans new millinery department signals a rapid growth phase for the store. The event showcases their latest styles and marks a notable expansion in merchandise.
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Klein & Heffelman
Adv
Fish Fry Kowalks Garden Thursdays and Saturdays
Community notice announces weekly fish fry events at Kowalks Garden held every Thursday and Saturday with proceeds supporting local programs. Details on times and prices are not provided in the readable text.
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Kowalk's Garden
Ady
Music Roll Ad Promises Weekend Show at Stark
Advertisement urges readers to follow the band to Stark Showground Friday night June 7 with prominence for Kenny's and a multi day Thursday Friday Saturday run as part of the music roll special.
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Kenny’s.—Adv
Stark
Jume
Ady
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Henry Woop
Marne Battlefront
German War Office
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Berlin
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